New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 23, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN · CBC · RDS
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 28–17.
Goals came from Stephen Gionta, Patrik Elias, Travis Zajac, Brandon Prust, Ryan Callahan, Marian Gaborik, Ryan Carter and Zach Parise.
Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 12 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Stephen Gionta (1)Mark Fayne (1), Steve Bernier (1)1–002:43 NJD
Patrik Elias (1)Adam Henrique (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)2–004:13 NJD
Travis Zajac (1)Zach Parise (1), Bryce Salvador (1)3–009:49 NJD
Brandon Prust (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (1), Derek Stepan (1)3–115:41 NYR
2nd period
Ryan Callahan (1)Artem Anisimov (1), Brandon Dubinsky (1)3–200:32 NYR
3rd period
Marian Gaborik (1)Unassisted3–300:17 NYR
Ryan Carter (1)Stephen Gionta (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)4–315:36 NJD
Zach Parise (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Mark Fayne (2)5–319:28 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
1728
40%60%
0/20/2
88
2640
1617
57
38
Penalties
- 10:08 into the first period
Mark Fayne · boarding2 min - 3:12 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 7:19 into the second period
Brandon Prust · slashing2 min - 9:32 into the second periodPeter Harrold · roughing2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodBrandon Prust · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodRuslan Fedotenko · boarding2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodMichael Del Zotto · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodSteve Bernier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 07:44 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:13 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 16Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 10Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
New York Rangers
| 8Brandon PrustL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 08:57 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 07:40 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:50 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:46 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |